It's never a bad thing to say how you feel. If what you feel is hurtful say, "I feel this way, it's hurtful, and I don't like it." Then, people will understand that you have a certain problem with say, a specific group of people, and thus they can help you understand and overcome.
I don't think you're a homophobe, and there are 3 ways of looking at this.
1. Trendy is probably the right analysis. It is a very attention grabbing shirt.
2. Being a lesbian isn't always about sex despite the concept of sexualtiy being a second part to "homosexual." Lesbian is a type of woman. Just as heterosexuality doesn't define a person neither should homosexuality (unless we make it so, as this young woman was doing.)
3. I'm not comeing down on you, George, when I say this, but would it have been as annoying if she had a shirt that said, "I love men?"
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